按跷
àn​qiāo

massage

按 àn press, push

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 安 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

安
安 Sound component
ān peaceful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'anHʔˤa[n]-s repress

說文解字

《說文》：“按，下也。从手，安聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

跷 qiāo raise one's foot Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 尧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蹺.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
尧
尧 Sound component
yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蹻 to raise the feet Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjewXk(r)awʔmartial
gjak[ɡ](r)awklifting the feet high
Zhengzhangkrewʔ
kʰew
ɡrew
kewɢ
ɡewɢ

說文解字

舉足行高也。从足喬聲。《詩》曰：“小子蹻蹻。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)